Author: Victor Stredicke

Victor Stredicke is a longtime figure in Seattle-area media, best known as the former radio-TV editor for The Seattle Times. He wrote a dedicated column covering local and regional radio broadcasting, including station changes, programming, personalities, controversies, and industry news. This legacy is the driving force behind QZVX (qzvx.com). In 2023, Victor Stredicke was honored at the Radio Conference Call meet-up for his longtime contributions as a newspaper radio-TV columnist, with appreciation from readers and people he had covered.

January 1975: KTW Seeks 1590 Frequency & Shuts Down All-Night Talk Shows

Victor Stredicke June 4, 2022

1985: Sky Walker To Lead Spokane Air Wars

Victor Stredicke May 24, 2022

January 12, 1969 Radio Notes – Promotions At KOL

Victor Stredicke May 24, 2022

Progressive Rock @ KLAY & KTAC FM, Buzz Barr Programs KING-AM, Don Clark Leaves KOL

Victor Stredicke May 6, 2022

Robert O. Smith Rocks KTAC FM, KVI Airs OTR, Bob Corcoran Refuses To Yield

Victor Stredicke April 30, 2022

The Tracy Steel Bio

Victor Stredicke April 21, 2022

The Zodiac Lady @ KOL

Victor Stredicke March 8, 2022

Music Maker Don Clark, Larry Nelson Tests School Lunch, Harry Wappler Leaves For The Big Apple

Victor Stredicke March 5, 2022

May 1986: First you buy a radio station. Then you do some research. Then you change the format. Then you make a bundle. Hey, there’s nothing to this broadcast business!

Victor Stredicke March 4, 2022

Tracy Steel Tweaks KVI Playlist; CBS Radio Looks Forward To 21st Century

Victor Stredicke February 25, 2022

Gerry Gawne Exits KING, KQIN Goes Country, Gary Taylor & China Smith Sacked

Victor Stredicke February 14, 2022

KEZX-FM swallowed up “The Oasis”

Victor Stredicke December 26, 2021

Kasem Counts Down Christmas, Seattle Affiliates Shun Network New Years Eve Programming

Victor Stredicke December 10, 2021

Tom Murphy Returns From KRLA, SRO Buys KTW, Robert O. Smith Moves From AM To FM @ KOL

Victor Stredicke December 5, 2021

Fine Music Returns To KXA, KOL FM Boots Hard-Sell Ads, & KYAC Tightens Up

Victor Stredicke November 13, 2021

R.C. Bannon Leaves Radio For Music Stardom, KUUU Music Variety, & Whatever Happened To The Greater FM Broadcasters Association?

Victor Stredicke November 13, 2021

Hardwick Hatches A Plan, Clif Kirk Leaves For Los Angeles, Gene Wike Quits KING 5 News

Victor Stredicke November 13, 2021

KYAC Buys KLSN (FM) & KTNT AM Expands News Coverage

Victor Stredicke November 13, 2021

Morton Replaces Roberts on KOL, Don Clark’s Housewives Serenade, & The Very Hip Norm Gregory

Victor Stredicke November 7, 2021

KVI’s National Day of Humor, Irving Clark Jr. Returns, Listeners Comment

Victor Stredicke October 17, 2021

The Real Tracy Steele, KTW 2-Way radio, The Motown Story & History of Rock Presentations

Victor Stredicke October 11, 2021

Tom Murphy To KRLA, Scotty Brink Arrives, KISW & KOL Slice The Pie, KING-AM Rocks

Victor Stredicke October 1, 2021

Johnny Forrest Memorial, Audio Biography of Radio, History of Country Music

Victor Stredicke September 18, 2021

Bill Snoopy’s Swing Years, Chuck Bolland Editorializes On KOL

Victor Stredicke September 13, 2021

KVI Pizazz, Quadraphonic Event @ KING, Christmas 1970

Victor Stredicke September 12, 2021

Motown on KFKF, Face To Face With Roberta Byrd & A Sound Spectacular on KIRO

Victor Stredicke September 5, 2021

The Ballad of Sonny Sixkiller, Potential Black Ownership of KYAC, KRAB Hearings Continue

Victor Stredicke August 25, 2021

Buck Ritchey Celebrates 28 Years & KUUU Plays More Music While KIRO AM Scales Back

Victor Stredicke August 12, 2021

Top 40 Rock @ KIRO FM, Voice Actor Terry McManus, 800 KQIN Debuts

Victor Stredicke July 25, 2021

71 Plays 71 Hours of Sinatra, KSND Becomes KUUU, and It’s Buck Ritchey Day @ KAYO

Victor Stredicke July 13, 2021